Contributed by: filbert Monday, August 01 2005 @ 06:05 PM CST
John Bolton, from The Cato Institute[*1] :
But one should not invest excessive hope in any secretary-general. The UN Charter describes the secretary-general as the UN’s “chief administrative officer.” He is not the president of the world. He is not a diplomat for all seasons. He is not Mr. Friend of the Earth. And, most definitely of all, he is not the commander in chief of the World Federalist Army. He is the chief administrative officer. Nothing less than that, to be sure, but with even greater certainty, nothing more.
Kofi Annan has got to be looking forward to Mr. Bolton’s arrival in New York, I’m sure.